Palaeotherium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Paleotherium \Pa`le*o*the"ri*um\
     (p[=a]`l[-e]*[-o]*th[=e]"r[i^]*[u^]m), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     palaio`s ancient + qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.)
     An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once
     supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known
     to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that


     of a llama. [Written also {Pal[ae]otherium}.]
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